Description

SD 9748 THORNTON-IN-CRAVEN CHURCH ROAD

9/143 Nos 1 to 5 (inclusive) The Almshouses (formerly listed as 10.9.54 Almshouses)

GV II

Almshouses, 1815. Squared dressed stone, stone slate roof. One storey. 11 bay symmetrical composition, alternating doors of six raised and fielded panels with windows in plain stone surrounds, sashes with all glazing bars. Rusticated quoins to ends and the central three bays, which are pedimented. The pediment carries an oval cartouche inscribed "1815. These Almshouses for five poor women were erected and endowed pursuant to the desire of Joseph Smith late of the City of LONDON Banker, a native of this parish out of the residuary estate of Rachel Smith his widow". Six stacks.

Listing NGR: SD9033048415

External Links

• Wikidata Q26584434

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)